CA-6 Authorization
Requires a senior official to be assigned as authorizing official for the system and for common controls, requires that official to accept inherited common controls and authorize operation before the system runs, and req
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
3
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Signed authorization decision document with its effective and expiry dates · Document repository
- Record of acceptance of inherited common controls · Document repository
- Evidence of authorization update against the defined frequency or on significant change · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Written appointment of the authorizing official for the system and for common controls · Document repository
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- System operating past the expiry of its authorization with no renewal
- Common control inheritance assumed without the authorizing official ever accepting it
- Authorization signed by a delegate without documented authority to do so
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetCA-5 Plan of action and milestones · CA-7 Continuous monitoring